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I also followed the link to the Chromasoft DNG camera profile site, downloaded the M8 DNG profile.... but got suck at that point. How do I save that as a camera preset?

It's a DNG file not an lrpreset file.

I downloaded the latest LR2 update hoping it would give me access to the Adobe DNG colour profile software - but it didn't seem to work..I'm stuck:confused:

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I also followed the link to the Chromasoft DNG camera profile site, downloaded the M8 DNG profile.... but got suck at that point. How do I save that as a camera preset?

It's a DNG file not an lrpreset file.

I downloaded the latest LR2 update hoping it would give me access to the Adobe DNG colour profile software - but it didn't seem to work..I'm stuck:confused:

 

The M9 camera profile for Lightroom can be downloaded from ChromaSoft - Reference Images and then you place the .dcp file in the Camera Profiles folder:

 

It's the very last file download in the page, called M9DigitalCamera18Sept09.dcp not the pictures or the M8 prifiles.

 

On Mac OS X:

/Library/Application Support/Adobe/CameraRaw/CameraProfiles

 

On Windows 2000 / XP:

C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Adobe\CameraRaw\CameraProfiles

 

On Windows Vista:

C:\ProgramData\Adobe\CameraRaw\CameraProfiles

 

You don't have to put the file further down in camera folders or anything, just into CameraProfiles folder. It works.

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Thorsten

I haven't been aware of your site before the M9. Such wonderful stuff, and so much work as well. I'm seriously impressed.

Your photographs are also fabulous . . . but, wonderful as all of this is, nothing quite comes up to the standard of the real beauty of your daughter (or is it just that you portray her so beautifully?).

 

It's also great to see you using the less trendy leica lenses (like the 50 'cron). I've recently fallen back in love with the humble 90 elmarit, and the newer summarit 35. It's not compulsory to spend thousands on heavy lenses to get a wonderful image with an M9.

 

Thanks. I will let my daughter know she has a new fan in UK ;-)

 

I'm looking at new lenses so my accountant - if I had one - would get very nervous. Having seent he difference the new ASPH lenses do for a digital image, that is the route to go for technical perfection.

However, I'm also open to "the classic look" of for example the non-ASPH 50/1.4 which many buy. And the 21/3.4 which is not even in "the M9 league" is a great lens and always was.

So while I'm tempted to buy a load of new glass, I'm also trying to cool down and look at what really make the pictures sing with atmosphere.

My 50mm/2 is from 1962 and seriously need a CLA because the focusing ring is turning uneven. But somehow the classic look, the age, the dents, the small milky shadows on hairline details ... perhaps that is great. At least that one I won't replace with a new 50/2.

 

Basically ... I think one has to try the lenses again and think hard which ones are the great ones for one self. The 50/2 is not exactly the one everybody consider the best, it can be had for 400 Euro these days :D at Meister Camera (at least if you read this today and act within a week from now)

 

Re-evaluate. That's the thing. The 35/2 lenses I see around at fairly high 2nd hand prices - in my eyes they're not worth it for the M9. But of course that's my personal opinion on what it's supposed to look like and do. I would go for a new 35/2.

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HI Thorsten

Basically ... I think one has to try the lenses again and think hard which ones are the great ones for one self. The 50/2 is not exactly the one everybody consider the best, it can be had for 400 Euro these days :D at Meister Camera (at least if you read this today and act within a week from now)

 

Re-evaluate. That's the thing. The 35/2 lenses I see around at fairly high 2nd hand prices - in my eyes they're not worth it for the M9. But of course that's my personal opinion on what it's supposed to look like and do. I would go for a new 35/2.

 

I think you're right - just before you buy the M9 is no time to re-evaluate your lens decisions!

 

for the 35, I quite agree about the prices of the older 35 lenses - but I was talking about the new 35 f2.5 summarit, which is small and lovely and seems to produce great images. It's also cheap.I suspect that the same is true of the other summarits.

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.... I have been debating whether I should invest $$$ in a M9 and your photos are pulling a credit card out of my wallet.

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Yes, Thorsten, I´m really cross with you now....;) And that will be nothing compared to my wife´s reaction...:o

 

Just when I thought my Digilux 2 was still the top and final stage of evolution...your writings (other´s, too - but of course a true and proven D 2 enthusiast´s word carries the most weight) made me go and handle an M9 at my dealer´s.....

 

I´m lost now... still a long waiting list (and I may well change my mind during the wait, but basically I´ve made up my mind). Life is too short to face without a real, true-blooded Leica. I haven´t used an M Leica since the M2, and the R lineage seems cut off; besides, they would be to heavy for me today. I´ve dug out the M2 and some rolls of film, just to get back the feeling while I wait.

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Just updated my Leica M9 page with a page 2 with Wedding Photography and Leica M9 and Leica R9/DMR comparison as well as Proper skin tones with white balancing:

leica.overgaard.dk - Thorsten Overgaard's Leica Pages - Leica M9 Digital Rangefinder Camera - Page 2: Tool of the artist, Leica M9 as reportage camera, wedding phtography - plus Leica DMR and Leica M9 comparison - plus proper skintones with Leica M9

 

And a new page 3 with horror video of Leica M9 going inside an owen at an oil factory:

leica.overgaard.dk - Thorsten Overgaard's Leica Pages - Leica M9 Digital Rangefinder Camera - Page 3 : Leica M9 goes to work inside an owen at an oil factory

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Some of the best M9 info and images I have seen to date. Those oil factory ISO 1600 images have amazing detail and color. Superb work.

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Just updated my Leica M9 page with a page 2 with Wedding Photography and Leica M9 and Leica R9/DMR comparison as well as Proper skin tones with white balancing:

 

And a new page 3 with horror video of Leica M9 going inside an owen at an oil factory:

 

Fascinating stuff and great photos! What camera bag are you carrying in the video?

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Thorsten, I love the video "Leica M9 goes to work". Very clever how it's done. How the background noise stops when the M9 makes a sound - when you take a photograph. Also the photographs in the video are great. The artistic one looks like it has a joker in the background (but I might be the olny one who can see that :D) Thanks.

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Basically ... I think one has to try the lenses again and think hard which ones are the great ones for one self. The 50/2 is not exactly the one everybody consider the best, it can be had for 400 Euro these days :D at Meister Camera (at least if you read this today and act within a week from now)

 

Re-evaluate. That's the thing. The 35/2 lenses I see around at fairly high 2nd hand prices - in my eyes they're not worth it for the M9. But of course that's my personal opinion on what it's supposed to look like and do. I would go for a new 35/2.

 

Excellent site -just discovered after getting my M9 and trying out older lenses- agree completely with jonoslack. Beautiful picture of your daughter and other excellent photos.

Since your Summicron 50/2 dates from 1962 I presume it is the rigid M type, i.e. 2nd version. I like the lens very much, same with the 35/2 first version. Your 21/3.4 pictures inspire me to try it out on the M9. It used to be a mainstay on my M4 and M5 (I had the lens modified so that it did not interfere with the meter) in b&w as well as KM 25.

Thanks a lot. I am learning much from your contributions.

Teddy

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Just updated my Leica M9 page with...

 

I've really enjoyed reading your assessment of the M9 and especially seeing it put to work in images with such impressive results. The video is a great addition - it's very cool to see you at work Thorsten!

 

Thanks for putting all of this together. I think you have sold quite a few people on the M9... now, if only we could get hold of them... ;)

 

Regards,

 

Tony

 

http://www.tonyobrienphotography.com

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Fascinating stuff and great photos! What camera bag are you carrying in the video?

 

It' a Billingham smaller bag I got thrown my way two years ago and never had any use for. Till I discovered how compact the M9 with four lenses, batteries and a lightmeter are!

 

I don't favor the color (I wish he would prodice some in safari/dark green), but the quality is great, and it's good in rain as well.

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Excellent site -just discovered after getting my M9 and trying out older lenses- agree completely with jonoslack. Beautiful picture of your daughter and other excellent photos.

Since your Summicron 50/2 dates from 1962 I presume it is the rigid M type, i.e. 2nd version. I like the lens very much, same with the 35/2 first version. Your 21/3.4 pictures inspire me to try it out on the M9. It used to be a mainstay on my M4 and M5 (I had the lens modified so that it did not interfere with the meter) in b&w as well as KM 25.

Thanks a lot. I am learning much from your contributions.

Teddy

 

It really changes over a short period. Day one you pixelpeep the files and the older lenses look like the camera has light leaks looking that close. But one has to realize a full M9 file is almost an A3 print (8x6"). I'm at the point now where I'm amazed of some of the details those lenses capture.

And in the process (1 month) I've made countless lists of ideal lenses to get - and they change all the time. I guess I'll wait buying anything till the list looks the same two days in a row :D

 

(Though the list goes about 21/1.4 ASPH, 21/2.8 ASPH, 24/1.4 ASPH, 35/2 ASPH, 35/1.4 ASPH, 50/1.4 non-ASPH, 50/1.4 ASPH, 75/2 ASPH ... which is 60% too many lenses. Three should do it)

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I've really enjoyed reading your assessment of the M9 and especially seeing it put to work in images with such impressive results. The video is a great addition - it's very cool to see you at work Thorsten!

 

Thanks for putting all of this together. I think you have sold quite a few people on the M9... now, if only we could get hold of them... ;)

 

Regards,

 

Tony

 

http://www.tonyobrienphotography.com

 

It's worth the wait and every penny. Sorry to say so :D

 

The lack of weather sealing and sapphire glass doesn't concern me anymore. I consider it as stable as the M4 after having worked with it for a month. At least it gets the same treatment and all it got to show for it is a few scratches on the base plate.

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It's worth the wait and every penny. Sorry to say so :D

 

The lack of weather sealing and sapphire glass doesn't concern me anymore. I consider it as stable as the M4 after having worked with it for a month. At least it gets the same treatment and all it got to show for it is a few scratches on the base plate.

 

That's good to hear and quite an endorsement! That's how it should be. It's nice to see someone really using the camera professionally and not molly-coddling.

 

Hopefully down the line, they will come out with upgrade to sapphire glass; a backplate with recessed buttons would be nice too :-)

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Thorsten:

 

Very good writeup! I'm very encouraged by the quality of the ISO 1600 M9 pictures.

 

Trevligt.

 

—Mitch/Paris

Bangkok Hysteria©: Book Project

 

Me too, actually. The prints in A4 (6x4") looks great and I didn't recall having shot them at 1600 as my limit is usually 800. But it works, and it's worth keeping in mind it's a real life assignment. Which is different in the way that you have to make it work, adjust the colors towards what create the desired effect and all (why the strong blue back of the worker - from a meintenance hole high up above - gives a dramatic and interesting effect rather than concern for blue channel noise). It's just different than shooting for your self of proving some technical aspect. It shows that the tool works.

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